Dengue patients hit in Palamur

Mahbubnagar: Despite the government spending lakhs of rupees in installing advanced equipment and providing free medicines at Mahbubnagar district hospital, patients with dengue fever are suffering a lot due to non-availability of blood platelet separation machine, and are being referred to Hyderabad or some other hospital in the district. In the last one month or so, the hospital has seen a rise in the number of dengue cases. Patients with severe dengue ailment need to be injected with blood platelets, but as the platelet separation machine is not installed, the doctors in the hospital are forced to refer the patients to Hyderabad.

Though the hospital is having a machine, it is not functioning as it has not been installed. The doctors are referring serious patients to Hyderabad, or sometimes taking the help of Red Cross Society Blood Bank for platelets count and providing treatment to the dengue patients,” informed a hospital source.

During the last one month, 5-6 cases of dengue fever have been reported on a daily basis. As the winter season is beginning, the doctors at the hospital are expecting a rise in the cases.“The government is doing its best to provide all the facilities in the hospital. But the hospital administration is showing least interest in utilising these facilities.

In fact, the blood platelet separation machine which is yet to be installed, is left non-functional due to delay in getting permission from the centre. Though there are good facilities in the hospital, the hospital authorities are lackadaisical in their approach. The cleanliness in the hospital is not up to mark and the outside premises are infested with mosquitoes. Pigs are roaming all around the hospital,” says Giridhar, a patient at the hospital.